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I Am Legend (2007) |
"The first two thirds and change of I Am Legend is terrific mindless fun: crackerjack action with gnashing vampires barely glimpsed (and scarier for that) and how’d-they-do-that New York locations that retroactively justify the traffic jams." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
I Am Sam (2002) |
"About as connected to the real world as Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham, from which its title is derived -- in fact, in the realism department, Seuss may have the edge." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
I Dreamed of Africa (2000) |
"The film, lackadaisically directed by Hugh Hudson, never really makes it humanly clear what keeps Kuki going, but the African vistas are breathtaking -- you were expecting otherwise? -- and so is Kim Basinger." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
I Heart Huckabees (2004) |
"Russell is hoping that the sheer volume of intellectual dither in this movie will propel audiences into the comedic stratosphere, but even astronauts know that there comes a time to touch down." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
I Love You, Man (2009) |
"I Love You, Man is totally formulaic, but the formula is unnervingly (and hilariously) inside out." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
I Served the King of England (2008) |
"Why can’t Americans make comedies as playful but serious as Jiri Menzel’s I Served the King of England?" |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
I'm Not There (2007) |
"Todd Haynes has devised a Bob Dylan biopic that not even Dylan, for all his self-mythologizing, would have had the audacity to conceive." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
I've Loved You So Long (2008) |
"The film is a tease, with a cheat of a final disclosure, but Philippe Claudel’s direction is both probing and delicate, and Scott Thomas’s face, even immobile, keeps you watching, searching for hints of her character’s past." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
I've Loved You So Long (2008) |
"Thomas plays Juliette as if she’s trapped within her own body too, gradually learning to navigate her old world. Her performance gives life to a taut narrative." |
Sara Cardace |
Tomato |
Ice Age (2002) |
"Yet another marvelously funny digital-animation feature." |
Peter Rainer |
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Ice People (2009) |
"Immersive, mesmerizing work." |
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An Ideal Husband (1999) |
"Our familiarity with the actors, and their comfort in this period setting, lend the piece an unexpected air of naturalism." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
The Illusionist (2006) |
"The ending dispels a lot of the magic, but the silent-movie palette is gorgeous, and the film is worth seeing for the inspired hamming of Paul Giamatti as Vienna’s chief inspector." |
David Edelstein |
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Imaginary Heroes (2004) |
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Ken Tucker |
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Importance of Being Earnest (2002) |
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Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
In America (2003) |
"At its best, the movie has a supernal glow that you can practically warm your hands by." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
In Bruges (2008) |
"It’s obvious why [director] McDonagh wanted to launch his film career with bang-bang instead of talk-talk. But his timing seems off." |
David Edelstein |
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In Her Shoes (2005) |
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In Praise of Love (2001) |
"Godard uses his characters -- if that's not too glorified a term -- as art things, mouthpieces, visual motifs, blanks." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008) |
"The story may not feel particularly original, but it’s exceedingly well acted and palpably atmospheric." |
Sara Cardace |
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In the Bedroom (2001) |
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Peter Rainer |
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In the Cut (2003) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
In the Mood for Love (2001) |
"Wong Kar-wai tricks up the schmaltz with a lot of avant-garde filigree. He's that most suspect of hybrids: a pop-schlock aesthete." |
Peter Rainer |
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In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) |
"I came out giddy, feeling lighter -- by about five-sixths -- than I did when I went in." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
In the Valley of Elah (2007) |
"Paul Haggis’s In the Valley of Elah is vital in spite of its mustiness." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) |
"An Inconvenient Truth is one of the most realistic documentaries I’ve ever seen -- and, dry as it is, one of the most devastating in its implications." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"The chief fault of The Incredible Hulk is that it aims to be the diametric opposite of Lee’s, and it jettisons what actually worked." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Incredibles (2004) |
"The sleek beauty, crafty wit, family warmth, and impeccable slapstick suffusing The Incredibles immediately vaults it to a new, higher level of entertainment." |
Ken Tucker |
Splat |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"The action is the movie’s raison d’être, of course, but the setups are wittier than the payoffs." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Infamous (2006) |
"Neither movie [about Capote] gives you the whole picture, but it’s fun to see them both and rearrange the pieces in your head." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
The Informant! (2009) |
"The Informant! does raise a fascinating question: How can humans so compartmentalize their psyches? But Whitacre has no stature -- he’s just a nut." |
David Edelstein |
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"Tarantino Talks Inglourious Basterds Prequel" |
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"The movie is an ungainly pastiche, yet on some wacked-out Jungian level it’s all of a piece." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Inland Empire (2006) |
"Lynch serves up enough irrationally disturbing images for 100 classic Asian horror films, and the bedraggled Dern is so overflowingly open that you can’t dismiss the movie as an arty exercise." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Inside Deep Throat (2005) |
"[A] valuable document of a cultural shift." |
Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
Inside Man (2006) |
"The normally subversive Spike Lee takes a rare genial tack." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Insider (1999) |
"It's a good thing Wigand isn't a conventional, come-to-the-rescue hero in The Insider, because, although Michael Mann tries for a victory dance, there's ultimately little cause for cheer." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Insomnia (2002) |
"The best thing about Insomnia is that despite director Christopher Nolan's soft spot for moody-blues obfuscation, he has the good sense to keep his star in practically every shot." |
Peter Rainer |
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Instinct (1999) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
The International (2009) |
"A slow road to nowhere, less clunky than The Interpreter but bogged down by its own cynicism." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
The Interpreter (2005) |
"Penn is terrific in his low-key doggedness." |
Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
Interview (2007) |
"I’ve sat through so many claustrophobic examples of the genre I forgot how exhilarating, how pure a great one could be. Interview is a great one -- electric as theater and cinema." |
David Edelstein |
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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (1999) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Into the Wild (2007) |
"Into the Wild is all over the place and ultimately, I think, wrongheaded in its attack. But [Director Sean] Penn gives it the good old college try -- or perhaps I should say, the good old society-dropout try." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Invention of Lying (2009) |
"The movie is something rare, a boisterous American comedy with the power to trigger philosophical disputes -- even, if taken really seriously, fisticuffs. One can hope!" |
David Edelstein |
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The Invisible Circus (2001) |
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Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) |
"In 75 harrowing minutes, Greenwald spells out why the war has been, for this administration and its friends, a windfall no matter which side claims victory and how many Americans and Iraqi civilians die." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Iraq in Fragments (2006) |
"In the end, the movie is more than the sum of its fragments. The montages are intense, the images ravishing. The movie is tactile. When you finally feel this place, you understand just how little you understand." |
David Edelstein |
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Iris (2001) |
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Peter Rainer |
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Iron Man (2008) |
"Iron Man is a shapely piece of mythmaking." |
David Edelstein |
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